Women's Weekly Bible Challenge

 Hello and welcome to the Women's Weekly Bible Challenge! I'm Lisa Ann Spencer.      I.                  INTRODUCTION   Today's blog is from my third session at the Prudent Woman Retreat, January, 2022. Be sure to check out the video at the end of this blog.        II.                One Thing is Needful – Prioritizing Holy Matters .           Those of you who are well-versed in scripture will recognize this phrase, ‘one thing is needful’ , which comes from the book of Luke and the account of Martha and Mary.   Grab your Bible and Journal, turn to Luke chapter 10 , and let’s dig into the word of God.          III.              CONSIDER THE PASSAGE  Luke 10:38-42 I have no doubt that everyone is familiar with this account of Martha and Mary.   Many books and women’s devotionals have been written about it.   It is a popular topic in women’s ministries.  We all want to be Mary, don’t we?   And I’m guessing that most of us busy wives and mothers feel more like Marth

Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann Spencer.    Today’s Blog is from my 2nd session of the PRUDENT WOMAN RETREAT 2022, hosted by “ Purposeful and Meaningful ”.   The theme is UNDISTRACTED – Living a Worshipful Life . Grab your Bible and a Journal and let’s dig into today’s topic, which is Distracted Worship .   INTRODUCTION – Getting a biblical understanding of worship. Q:   What is the primary cause of DISTRACTED WORSHIP? A:   Failing to understand what it means to WORSHIP God. If we do not have a biblical understanding of worship, how can we even know how to worship God without distraction and be pleasing to Him? Let’s go to the Bible to get a scriptural foundation and definition of WORSHIP. By using a free concordance available online, www.biblegateway.com , I typed in the word ‘worship’ , which gave me 188 results.   By carefully studying each of these results, we can gain a thorough definition of worship.   As our time is limited, we will only

Welcome to the Women’s Weekly Bible Challenge! I’m Lisa Ann Spencer. It was an honor to be asked to speak at the  PRUDENT WOMAN RETREAT 2022, hosted by “ Purposeful and Meaningful ”.   The theme of the retreat is  UNDISTRACTED – Living a Worshipful Life . In today’s blog I will be sharing my first topic,  The Burdened Heart .  I know that it is not my opinion that my readers are interested in; it is the word of God.   The Bible says that the word of God will work effectually in you that believe it ( 1 Thessalonians 2:13).    Scripture tells us to Prove all things; hold fast that which is good (1 Thessalonians 5:21). INTRODUCTION Having a burdened heart can certainly distract us from living a worshipful life, but before we begin our search into what the scripture says about   The Burdened Heart , I would like to begin with a closer look the word ‘distract’ . It is smart to keep a dictionary handy while studying the Bible, and I recommend the Webster's 1828 dictionary.  It is a